A method to evaluate the influence of the laser linewidth on the linearly frequency-modulated(LFM)signals generated by heterodyning two free-running laser diodes(LDs)is proposed.The Pearson correlation coefficient bet...A method to evaluate the influence of the laser linewidth on the linearly frequency-modulated(LFM)signals generated by heterodyning two free-running laser diodes(LDs)is proposed.The Pearson correlation coefficient between the instantaneous frequency of the generated LFM signal and that of an ideal LFM signal is introduced to quantify the quality of the generated LFM signal.The closed-form solution of the correlation coefficient is given,which shows that the correlation coefficient is determined by the ratio of the LFM signal bandwidth to the square root of the total linewidth of the two LDs when the observation interval is fixed.Simulation results are also given,which proves the correctness of the theoretical results.展开更多
A technique for coherent imaging based on spatial frequency heterodyning is described. Three images corresponding to three physical measurements are recorded. For the first measurement, a scene is simply illuminated w...A technique for coherent imaging based on spatial frequency heterodyning is described. Three images corresponding to three physical measurements are recorded. For the first measurement, a scene is simply illuminated with a coherent beam and for measurements 2 and 3, the scene is projected with cosine and sine fringes, respectively. Due to spatial frequency heterodyning, upper and lower side hand information falls in the pass band of the imager. These bands are separated and correct phases and positions are assigned to these bands in the spatial frequency domain. An extension of bandwidth is achieved in the frequency domain and the inverse frequency domain data then give a high resolution coherent image.展开更多
As an advanced device for observing atmospheric winds,the spaceborne Doppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne(DASH)interferometer also encounters challenges associated with phase distortion,par-ticularly in limb sounding...As an advanced device for observing atmospheric winds,the spaceborne Doppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne(DASH)interferometer also encounters challenges associated with phase distortion,par-ticularly in limb sounding scenarios.This paper discusses interferogram modeling and phase distortion cor-rection techniques for spaceborne DASH interferometers.The modeling of phase distortion interferograms with and without Doppler shift for limb observation was conducted,and the effectiveness of the analytical expression was verified through numerical simulation.The simulation results indicate that errors propagate layer by layer while using the onion-peeling inversion algorithm to handle phase-distorted interferograms.In contrast,the phase distortion correction algorithm can achieve effective correction.This phase correction method can be successfully applied to correct phase distortions in the interferograms of the spaceborne DASH interferometer,providing a feasible solution to enhance its measurement accuracy.展开更多
In this work,the generation of high signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)single-frequency microwave signal without noise sidebands is demonstrated based on the interaction of integrated all-fiber lasers.The microwave signals are...In this work,the generation of high signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)single-frequency microwave signal without noise sidebands is demonstrated based on the interaction of integrated all-fiber lasers.The microwave signals are generated by the interference between a narrow linewidth Brillouin pump light from a single-frequency laser and the Stokes light generated by it.Firstly,the linewidths of the Stokes lights are compressed to~43 Hz based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS)effect,which ensures that the frequency noise is as low as possible.And then,the relative intensity noise(RIN)of the first order Stokes light is reduced by 21 dB/Hz based on the noise dynamics principle in cascaded SBS effect.By simultaneously reducing the frequency noise and the intensity noise of the coherent signals,the noise sidebands of microwave signals are completely suppressed.As result,the SNR of the microwave signal is improved from 48 dB to 84 dB at the first-order Brillouin frequency shift of 9.415 GHz.Meanwhile,a microwave signal with a SNR of 70 dB is generated at the second-order Brillouin frequency shift of 18.827 GHz.This kind of microwave signals with narrow linewidth and high SNR can provide higher detection resolution and higher transmission efficiency for applications on radar,satellite communication and so on.展开更多
Recently, the rapid progress of quantum sensing research reveals that Rydberg atoms have great potential in becoming high-precision centimeter-scale antennas for low-frequency fields. In order to facilitate efficient ...Recently, the rapid progress of quantum sensing research reveals that Rydberg atoms have great potential in becoming high-precision centimeter-scale antennas for low-frequency fields. In order to facilitate efficient and reliable detection of low-frequency fields via Rydberg atoms, we designed and implemented a heterodyne method based on the linear response to external signals under the condition of Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT). Instead of relying on observing changes in the absorption of light by Rydberg atoms, our method focuses on the phase modulation effect on the probe laser induced by low-frequency fields via the Rydberg EIT mechanism and utilizes a special demodulation process to accurately retrieve signals including both amplitude and phase. The general principles of our method apply to both electric and magnetic fields, and it is even possible to realize a combination of both functionalities in the same apparatus. In particular, we experimentally demonstrate the full cycle of operations with respect to both cases. In measuring low-frequency electric fields,we discover that the Rydberg dipole–dipole interaction among atoms induces a linear superposition of Rydberg states with different angular momentum, generating a first-order response corresponding to the signature of the linear Stark effect. As Rydberg atoms have excellent coupling strengths with electric fields, our results indicate that our method can hopefully achieve high-precision performance for practical tasks in the future.展开更多
In the field of deep space exploration,the rapid development of terahertz spectrometer has put forward higher requirements to the back-end chirp transform spectrometer(CTS)system.In order to simultaneously meet the me...In the field of deep space exploration,the rapid development of terahertz spectrometer has put forward higher requirements to the back-end chirp transform spectrometer(CTS)system.In order to simultaneously meet the measurement requirements of wide bandwidth and high accuracy spectral lines,we built a CTS system with an analysis bandwidth of 1 GHz and a frequency resolution of 100 kHz around the surface acoustic wave(SAW)chirp filter with a bandwidth of 1 GHz.In this paper,the relationship between the CTS nonlinear phase error shift model and the basic measurement parameters is studied,and the effect of CTS phase mismatch on the pulse compression waveform is analyzed by simulation.And the expander error optimization method is proposed for the problem that the large nonlinear error of the expander leads to the unbalanced response of the CTS system and the serious distortion of the compressed pulse waveform under large bandwidth.It is verified through simulation and experiment that the method is effective for reducing the root mean square error(RMSE)of the phase of the expander from 18.75°to 6.65°,reducing the in-band standard deviation of the CTS frequency resolution index from 8.43 kHz to 4.72 kHz,solving the problem of serious distortion of the compressed pulse waveform,and improving the uneven CTS response under large bandwidth.展开更多
Reliable detection of weak phase signals under significant channel loss and complex noise environments is a crucial step for practical applications of optical integrated communication and sensing systems. In this lett...Reliable detection of weak phase signals under significant channel loss and complex noise environments is a crucial step for practical applications of optical integrated communication and sensing systems. In this letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an enhanced long-distance weak signal transmission method assisted by weak measurement. Performing heterodyne detection and light intensity compensation on two nearly symmetric post-selected paths, the method enables real-time estimation of a time-varying phase while maintaining robustness against technical noises proportional to light intensity or photon number, detector common-mode noise, and significant attenuation over long-distance transmission. Experimental results indicate a potential phase sensitivity at the level of 10-8rad even with a signal light intensity attenuation of 48.1 d B. Potentially, combining the adaptive adjustment strategy, the method may provide a viable solution in remote weak signal detection and extraction,thereby contributing to optical integrated communication and sensing.展开更多
In this paper, a new millimeter-wave （mm-wave） wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） system based on radio-over- fiber （ROF） technology is proposed. In this approach a multi-wavelength light source is obtained ...In this paper, a new millimeter-wave （mm-wave） wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） system based on radio-over- fiber （ROF） technology is proposed. In this approach a multi-wavelength light source is obtained by supercontinuum （SC） technique, and mm-wave signals are obtained by using optical heterodyning method. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of optical carriers for 6-WDM channels, obtain 40 GHz ram-wave signals by employing optical heterodyne technique, and successfully achieve low error rate transmission of 2.5 Gbit/s in WDM channels over a distance of 25 km in a G.652 fiber. The experimental results verify that the proposed solution is feasible and cost effective.展开更多
The designed practically prototype of an advanced acousto-optical radio-wave spectrometer is presented in a view of its application to investigating the Milky Way star formation problems. The potential areas for obser...The designed practically prototype of an advanced acousto-optical radio-wave spectrometer is presented in a view of its application to investigating the Milky Way star formation problems. The potential areas for observations of the cold interstellar medium, wherein such a spectrometer can be exploited successfully at different approximations, are: 1) comparison of the Milky Way case with extragalactic ones at scale of the complete galactic disk;2) global studies of the Galactic spiral arms;and 3) characterization of specific regions like molecular clouds or star clusters. These aspects allow us to suggest that similar instrument will be really useful. The developed prototype of spectrometer is able to realize multi-channel wideband parallel spectrum analysis of very-high-frequency radio-wave signals with an improved resolution power exceeding 103. It includes the 1D-acousto-optic wide-aperture cell as the input device for real-time scale data processing. Here, the current state of developing this acousto-optical spectrometer in frames of the astrophysical instrumentation is briefly discussed, and the data obtained experimentally with a tellurium dioxide crystalline acousto-optical cell are presented. Then, we describe a new technique for more precise spectrum analysis within an algorithm of the collinear wave heterodyning. It implies a two-stage integrated processing, namely, the wave heterodyning of a signal in an acoustically square-law nonlinear medium and then the optical processing in the same solid-state cell. Technical advantage of this approach lies in providing a direct multi-channel parallel processing of ultra-high-frequency radio-wave signals with the resolution power exceeding 104. This algorithm can be realized on a basis of exploiting a large-aperture effective acousto-optical cell, which operates in the Bragg regime and performs the ultra-high-frequency co-directional collinear acoustic wave heterodyning. The general concept and basic conclusions here are confirmed by proof-of-principle experiments with the specially designed cell of a new type based on a lead molybdate crystal.展开更多
This paper presents a low-voltage low-power variable gain amplifier,which is applied in the automatic gain control loop of a super heterodyne receiver. Six stages are cascaded to provide an 81dB digitally controlled g...This paper presents a low-voltage low-power variable gain amplifier,which is applied in the automatic gain control loop of a super heterodyne receiver. Six stages are cascaded to provide an 81dB digitally controlled gain range in a 3dB step. The gain step error is less than 0.5dB. It operates at an intermediate frequency of 300kHz, and the power consumption is 1.35mW from a 1.8V supply. The prototype chip is implemented in a TSMC＇s 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process and occupies approximately 0.24mm^2 . It is very suitable for portable wire- less communication systems. The measurement results agree well with the system requirements.展开更多
Instrument drifts introduce additional phase errors into atmospheric wind measurement of Doppler asymmetric spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (DASH). Aiming at the phase sensitivity of DASH to instrument drifts, in this...Instrument drifts introduce additional phase errors into atmospheric wind measurement of Doppler asymmetric spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (DASH). Aiming at the phase sensitivity of DASH to instrument drifts, in this paper we calculate the optical path difference (OPD) and present an accurate formula of DASH interferogram. By controlling variables in computational ray-tracing simulations and laboratory experiments, it is indicated that initial phase is directly determined by incident wavenumber, OPD offset and field of view (FOV). Accordingly, it is indicated that retrieved phase of DASH is sensitive to slight structural change caused by instrument drift, which provides the proof of necessary-to-track and -correct phase errors from instrument drifts.展开更多
We propose a novel scheme to accurately determine the hundred-hertz linewidth using the delayed self-heterodyne method,in which the delay time is far less than the coherence time of the laser.This exceeds the former u...We propose a novel scheme to accurately determine the hundred-hertz linewidth using the delayed self-heterodyne method,in which the delay time is far less than the coherence time of the laser.This exceeds the former understanding of the delayed self-heterodyne technique,which requires a prohibitively long fiber.The self-heterodyne autocorrelation function and power spectrum are evaluated,and by numerical analysis we ensure that-3 dB of the power spectrum is applied to the self-heterodyne linewidth measurements.For a laser linewidth of less than 100 Hz,the linewidth can be measured directly by a 10 km fiber,and in a more general case,the linewidth can be deduced from-20 dB or-40 dB of the fitting Lorentzian curve.展开更多
We present an ameliorated arctangent algorithm based on phase-locked loop for digital Doppler signal processing,utilized within the heterodyne detection system. We define the error gain factor given by the approximati...We present an ameliorated arctangent algorithm based on phase-locked loop for digital Doppler signal processing,utilized within the heterodyne detection system. We define the error gain factor given by the approximation of Taylor expansion by means of a comparison of the measured values and true values. Exact expressions are derived for the amplitude error of two in-phase & quadrature signals and the frequency error of the acousto-optic modulator. Numerical simulation results and experimental results make it clear that the dynamic instability of the intermediate frequency signals leads to cumulative errors, which will spiral upward. An improved arctangent algorithm for the heterodyne detection is proposed to eliminate the cumulative errors and harmonic components. Depending on the narrow-band filter, our experiments were performed to realize the detectable displacement of 20 nm at a detection distance of 20 m. The aim of this paper is the demonstration of the optimized arctangent algorithm as a powerful approach to the demodulation algorithm, which will advance the signal-to-noise ratio and measurement accuracy of the heterodyne detection system.展开更多
The rotation control of particles in optical tweezers is often subject to the spin or orbit angular momentum induced optical torque,which is susceptible to the mechanical and morphological properties of individual par...The rotation control of particles in optical tweezers is often subject to the spin or orbit angular momentum induced optical torque,which is susceptible to the mechanical and morphological properties of individual particle.Here we report on a robust and high-speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using a novel linear polarization synthesis based on optical heterodyne interference between two circularly polarized lights with opposite handedness.The synthesized linear polarization can be rotated in a hopping-free scheme at arbitrary speed determined electronically by the heterodyne frequency between two laser fields.The experimental demonstration of a trapped vaterite particle in water shows that the precisely controlled rotation frequency of 300 Hz can be achieved.The proposed method will find promising applications in optically driven micro-gears,fluidic pumps and rotational micro-rheology.展开更多
A Chinese satellite gravity mission called SAGM (Space Advanced Gravity Measurements) is now taken into consideration.To meet its designed requirement,the measurement precision of the laser ranging system used to meas...A Chinese satellite gravity mission called SAGM (Space Advanced Gravity Measurements) is now taken into consideration.To meet its designed requirement,the measurement precision of the laser ranging system used to measure the inter-satellite distance change has to be better than l00nm/Hz1/2 within a broad bandwidth from 0.1mHz to 1Hz.An equal arm heterodyne Mach-Zehnder interferometer has been built on ground to demonstrate the measurement principle of a laser ranging system,which potentially can be used for both SAGM and future GW (gravitational wave) space antennas.Because of the equal arm length,the laser frequency noise has been significantly suppressed in the interferometer.Thus,the sensitivity better than 1nm/Hz1/2 in a frequency range of 0.15 mHz-0.375 Hz has been achieved.The result shows that the proposed methodology has very promising feasibility to meet the requirements of SAGM and of GW space antennas as well.展开更多
In this paper, we propose a novel method of multi-beam laser heterodyne measurement for micro-impulse. The measurement of the micro-impulse, which is converted into the measurement of the small tuning angle of the tor...In this paper, we propose a novel method of multi-beam laser heterodyne measurement for micro-impulse. The measurement of the micro-impulse, which is converted into the measurement of the small tuning angle of the torsion pendulum, is realized by considering the interaction between pulse laser and working medium. Based on Doppler effect and heterodyne technology, the information regarding the small tuning angle is loaded to the frequency difference of the multi-beam laser heterodyne signal by the frequency modulation of the oscillating mirror, thereby obtaining many values of the small tuning angle after the multi-beam laser heterodyne signal demodulation simultaneously. Processing these values by weighted-average, the small tuning angle can be obtained accurately and the value of the micro-impulse can eventually be calculated. Using Polyvinylchlorid＋2%C as a working medium, this novel method is used to simulate the value of the micro-impulse by MATLAB which is generated by considering the interaction between the pulse laser and the working medium, the obtained result shows that the relative error of this method is just 0.5%.展开更多
Phase is one of the most important parameters of electromagnetic waves. It is the phase distribution that determines the propagation, reflection, refraction, focusing, divergence, and coupling features of light, and f...Phase is one of the most important parameters of electromagnetic waves. It is the phase distribution that determines the propagation, reflection, refraction, focusing, divergence, and coupling features of light, and further affects the intensity distribution. In recent years, the designs of surface plasmon polariton （SPP） devices have mostly been based on the phase modulation and manipulation. Here we demonstrate a phase sensitive multi-parameter heterodyne scanning near-field opti- cal microscope （SNOM） with an aperture probe in the visible range, with which the near field optical phase and amplitude distributions can be simultaneously obtained. A novel architecture combining a spatial optical path and a fiber optical path is employed for stability and flexibility. Two kinds of typical nano-photonic devices are tested with the system. With the phase-sensitive SNOM, the phase and amplitude distributions of any nano-optical field and localized field generated with any SPP nano-structures and irregular phase modulation surfaces can be investigated. The phase distribution and the interference pattern will help us to gain a better understanding of how light interacts with SPP structures and how SPP waves generate, localize, convert, and propagate on an SPP surface. This will be a significant guidance on SPP nano-structure design and optimization.展开更多
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing is an optical method based on evanescent wave.SPR biosensor can detect interaction of label-free biomolecules in real-time.With further development,it can become a research ins...Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing is an optical method based on evanescent wave.SPR biosensor can detect interaction of label-free biomolecules in real-time.With further development,it can become a research instrument in proteomics.SPR biosensor can be divided intensity measurement and phase measurement,and the latter possesses higher sensitivity than the former one.This paper attempts to summarize the SPR phase detection theory,discuss the major developments,compare the merits and deficiencies of various methods,and look forward to future prospects.展开更多
Photoacoustic signals generated by nonradiative processes of photo-initiated chemical reactions in solutions have been detected by a laser heterodyne interierometer witli high sensitivity and wide band.This technique ...Photoacoustic signals generated by nonradiative processes of photo-initiated chemical reactions in solutions have been detected by a laser heterodyne interierometer witli high sensitivity and wide band.This technique can accurately carry out the time-resolved measurement of transient processes in nanosecond scale.The experimental results and theoretical calculations for probing some fast chemicol reactions are described.展开更多
To reduce the error from measurement and retrieval process, a new technology of spatial heterodyne spectroscopy is proposed. The principle of this technology and the instrument spatial het- erodyne spectrometer （SHS...To reduce the error from measurement and retrieval process, a new technology of spatial heterodyne spectroscopy is proposed. The principle of this technology and the instrument spatial het- erodyne spectrometer （SHS） are introduced. The first application of this technology will be for CO2 measurements from space on a high spectral observation satellite. The outstanding measurement principle and the priority of combination of retrieval algorithm and three channels （ O2 A-band, CO2 1.58 μm and 2.06 μm bands） are theoretically analyzed and numerically simulated. Experiments u- sing SHS prototype with low spectral resolution of 0. 4 cm -1are carried out for preliminary valida- tion. The measurements show clear CO2 absorption lines and follow the expected signature with the- ory spectrum, and the retrievals agreed well with GOSAT CO2 products, except a small bias of about 4 × 10 ^-6. The results show that the ability of spatial heterodyne spectroscopy for CO2 detecting is ob- vious, and SHS is a competent sensor.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFE0121500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61971193 and 61601297)+1 种基金the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks,Peking University,China(No.2020GZKF005)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘A method to evaluate the influence of the laser linewidth on the linearly frequency-modulated(LFM)signals generated by heterodyning two free-running laser diodes(LDs)is proposed.The Pearson correlation coefficient between the instantaneous frequency of the generated LFM signal and that of an ideal LFM signal is introduced to quantify the quality of the generated LFM signal.The closed-form solution of the correlation coefficient is given,which shows that the correlation coefficient is determined by the ratio of the LFM signal bandwidth to the square root of the total linewidth of the two LDs when the observation interval is fixed.Simulation results are also given,which proves the correctness of the theoretical results.
文摘A technique for coherent imaging based on spatial frequency heterodyning is described. Three images corresponding to three physical measurements are recorded. For the first measurement, a scene is simply illuminated with a coherent beam and for measurements 2 and 3, the scene is projected with cosine and sine fringes, respectively. Due to spatial frequency heterodyning, upper and lower side hand information falls in the pass band of the imager. These bands are separated and correct phases and positions are assigned to these bands in the spatial frequency domain. An extension of bandwidth is achieved in the frequency domain and the inverse frequency domain data then give a high resolution coherent image.
文摘As an advanced device for observing atmospheric winds,the spaceborne Doppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne(DASH)interferometer also encounters challenges associated with phase distortion,par-ticularly in limb sounding scenarios.This paper discusses interferogram modeling and phase distortion cor-rection techniques for spaceborne DASH interferometers.The modeling of phase distortion interferograms with and without Doppler shift for limb observation was conducted,and the effectiveness of the analytical expression was verified through numerical simulation.The simulation results indicate that errors propagate layer by layer while using the onion-peeling inversion algorithm to handle phase-distorted interferograms.In contrast,the phase distortion correction algorithm can achieve effective correction.This phase correction method can be successfully applied to correct phase distortions in the interferograms of the spaceborne DASH interferometer,providing a feasible solution to enhance its measurement accuracy.
文摘In this work,the generation of high signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)single-frequency microwave signal without noise sidebands is demonstrated based on the interaction of integrated all-fiber lasers.The microwave signals are generated by the interference between a narrow linewidth Brillouin pump light from a single-frequency laser and the Stokes light generated by it.Firstly,the linewidths of the Stokes lights are compressed to~43 Hz based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS)effect,which ensures that the frequency noise is as low as possible.And then,the relative intensity noise(RIN)of the first order Stokes light is reduced by 21 dB/Hz based on the noise dynamics principle in cascaded SBS effect.By simultaneously reducing the frequency noise and the intensity noise of the coherent signals,the noise sidebands of microwave signals are completely suppressed.As result,the SNR of the microwave signal is improved from 48 dB to 84 dB at the first-order Brillouin frequency shift of 9.415 GHz.Meanwhile,a microwave signal with a SNR of 70 dB is generated at the second-order Brillouin frequency shift of 18.827 GHz.This kind of microwave signals with narrow linewidth and high SNR can provide higher detection resolution and higher transmission efficiency for applications on radar,satellite communication and so on.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No.24DP2600202)the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2024YFB4504002)+2 种基金Industrial Technology Development Research Program of Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanicsthe National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.92165107)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos.2024M753359 for S.J.and2022M723270 for X.W.)。
文摘Recently, the rapid progress of quantum sensing research reveals that Rydberg atoms have great potential in becoming high-precision centimeter-scale antennas for low-frequency fields. In order to facilitate efficient and reliable detection of low-frequency fields via Rydberg atoms, we designed and implemented a heterodyne method based on the linear response to external signals under the condition of Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT). Instead of relying on observing changes in the absorption of light by Rydberg atoms, our method focuses on the phase modulation effect on the probe laser induced by low-frequency fields via the Rydberg EIT mechanism and utilizes a special demodulation process to accurately retrieve signals including both amplitude and phase. The general principles of our method apply to both electric and magnetic fields, and it is even possible to realize a combination of both functionalities in the same apparatus. In particular, we experimentally demonstrate the full cycle of operations with respect to both cases. In measuring low-frequency electric fields,we discover that the Rydberg dipole–dipole interaction among atoms induces a linear superposition of Rydberg states with different angular momentum, generating a first-order response corresponding to the signature of the linear Stark effect. As Rydberg atoms have excellent coupling strengths with electric fields, our results indicate that our method can hopefully achieve high-precision performance for practical tasks in the future.
文摘In the field of deep space exploration,the rapid development of terahertz spectrometer has put forward higher requirements to the back-end chirp transform spectrometer(CTS)system.In order to simultaneously meet the measurement requirements of wide bandwidth and high accuracy spectral lines,we built a CTS system with an analysis bandwidth of 1 GHz and a frequency resolution of 100 kHz around the surface acoustic wave(SAW)chirp filter with a bandwidth of 1 GHz.In this paper,the relationship between the CTS nonlinear phase error shift model and the basic measurement parameters is studied,and the effect of CTS phase mismatch on the pulse compression waveform is analyzed by simulation.And the expander error optimization method is proposed for the problem that the large nonlinear error of the expander leads to the unbalanced response of the CTS system and the serious distortion of the compressed pulse waveform under large bandwidth.It is verified through simulation and experiment that the method is effective for reducing the root mean square error(RMSE)of the phase of the expander from 18.75°to 6.65°,reducing the in-band standard deviation of the CTS frequency resolution index from 8.43 kHz to 4.72 kHz,solving the problem of serious distortion of the compressed pulse waveform,and improving the uneven CTS response under large bandwidth.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62471289)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No.24ZR1432900)+1 种基金the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology (Grant No.2021ZD0300703)Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)。
文摘Reliable detection of weak phase signals under significant channel loss and complex noise environments is a crucial step for practical applications of optical integrated communication and sensing systems. In this letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an enhanced long-distance weak signal transmission method assisted by weak measurement. Performing heterodyne detection and light intensity compensation on two nearly symmetric post-selected paths, the method enables real-time estimation of a time-varying phase while maintaining robustness against technical noises proportional to light intensity or photon number, detector common-mode noise, and significant attenuation over long-distance transmission. Experimental results indicate a potential phase sensitivity at the level of 10-8rad even with a signal light intensity attenuation of 48.1 d B. Potentially, combining the adaptive adjustment strategy, the method may provide a viable solution in remote weak signal detection and extraction,thereby contributing to optical integrated communication and sensing.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2009RC0314)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.60932004, 61077050 and 61077014)+1 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2010CB328300)the Open Foundation of State Key laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks (WRI) (No.2010OCTN-02)
文摘In this paper, a new millimeter-wave （mm-wave） wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） system based on radio-over- fiber （ROF） technology is proposed. In this approach a multi-wavelength light source is obtained by supercontinuum （SC） technique, and mm-wave signals are obtained by using optical heterodyning method. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of optical carriers for 6-WDM channels, obtain 40 GHz ram-wave signals by employing optical heterodyne technique, and successfully achieve low error rate transmission of 2.5 Gbit/s in WDM channels over a distance of 25 km in a G.652 fiber. The experimental results verify that the proposed solution is feasible and cost effective.
文摘The designed practically prototype of an advanced acousto-optical radio-wave spectrometer is presented in a view of its application to investigating the Milky Way star formation problems. The potential areas for observations of the cold interstellar medium, wherein such a spectrometer can be exploited successfully at different approximations, are: 1) comparison of the Milky Way case with extragalactic ones at scale of the complete galactic disk;2) global studies of the Galactic spiral arms;and 3) characterization of specific regions like molecular clouds or star clusters. These aspects allow us to suggest that similar instrument will be really useful. The developed prototype of spectrometer is able to realize multi-channel wideband parallel spectrum analysis of very-high-frequency radio-wave signals with an improved resolution power exceeding 103. It includes the 1D-acousto-optic wide-aperture cell as the input device for real-time scale data processing. Here, the current state of developing this acousto-optical spectrometer in frames of the astrophysical instrumentation is briefly discussed, and the data obtained experimentally with a tellurium dioxide crystalline acousto-optical cell are presented. Then, we describe a new technique for more precise spectrum analysis within an algorithm of the collinear wave heterodyning. It implies a two-stage integrated processing, namely, the wave heterodyning of a signal in an acoustically square-law nonlinear medium and then the optical processing in the same solid-state cell. Technical advantage of this approach lies in providing a direct multi-channel parallel processing of ultra-high-frequency radio-wave signals with the resolution power exceeding 104. This algorithm can be realized on a basis of exploiting a large-aperture effective acousto-optical cell, which operates in the Bragg regime and performs the ultra-high-frequency co-directional collinear acoustic wave heterodyning. The general concept and basic conclusions here are confirmed by proof-of-principle experiments with the specially designed cell of a new type based on a lead molybdate crystal.
文摘This paper presents a low-voltage low-power variable gain amplifier,which is applied in the automatic gain control loop of a super heterodyne receiver. Six stages are cascaded to provide an 81dB digitally controlled gain range in a 3dB step. The gain step error is less than 0.5dB. It operates at an intermediate frequency of 300kHz, and the power consumption is 1.35mW from a 1.8V supply. The prototype chip is implemented in a TSMC＇s 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process and occupies approximately 0.24mm^2 . It is very suitable for portable wire- less communication systems. The measurement results agree well with the system requirements.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41005019)the Fund from the Chinese Academy of Scieneces for West Yong Scientists (Grant No. XAB 2016A07)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2019JQ-931).
文摘Instrument drifts introduce additional phase errors into atmospheric wind measurement of Doppler asymmetric spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (DASH). Aiming at the phase sensitivity of DASH to instrument drifts, in this paper we calculate the optical path difference (OPD) and present an accurate formula of DASH interferogram. By controlling variables in computational ray-tracing simulations and laboratory experiments, it is indicated that initial phase is directly determined by incident wavenumber, OPD offset and field of view (FOV). Accordingly, it is indicated that retrieved phase of DASH is sensitive to slight structural change caused by instrument drift, which provides the proof of necessary-to-track and -correct phase errors from instrument drifts.
基金Supported by the Basic Research Funds from Beijing Institute of Technology under Grant No 20121842004.
文摘We propose a novel scheme to accurately determine the hundred-hertz linewidth using the delayed self-heterodyne method,in which the delay time is far less than the coherence time of the laser.This exceeds the former understanding of the delayed self-heterodyne technique,which requires a prohibitively long fiber.The self-heterodyne autocorrelation function and power spectrum are evaluated,and by numerical analysis we ensure that-3 dB of the power spectrum is applied to the self-heterodyne linewidth measurements.For a laser linewidth of less than 100 Hz,the linewidth can be measured directly by a 10 km fiber,and in a more general case,the linewidth can be deduced from-20 dB or-40 dB of the fitting Lorentzian curve.
基金supported by Key Research Program of Frontier Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.QYZDB-SSW-SLH014)the Yong Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61205143)
文摘We present an ameliorated arctangent algorithm based on phase-locked loop for digital Doppler signal processing,utilized within the heterodyne detection system. We define the error gain factor given by the approximation of Taylor expansion by means of a comparison of the measured values and true values. Exact expressions are derived for the amplitude error of two in-phase & quadrature signals and the frequency error of the acousto-optic modulator. Numerical simulation results and experimental results make it clear that the dynamic instability of the intermediate frequency signals leads to cumulative errors, which will spiral upward. An improved arctangent algorithm for the heterodyne detection is proposed to eliminate the cumulative errors and harmonic components. Depending on the narrow-band filter, our experiments were performed to realize the detectable displacement of 20 nm at a detection distance of 20 m. The aim of this paper is the demonstration of the optimized arctangent algorithm as a powerful approach to the demodulation algorithm, which will advance the signal-to-noise ratio and measurement accuracy of the heterodyne detection system.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91750203 and 91850111)State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics,Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanics and Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences and the High-performance Computing Platform of Peking University.
文摘The rotation control of particles in optical tweezers is often subject to the spin or orbit angular momentum induced optical torque,which is susceptible to the mechanical and morphological properties of individual particle.Here we report on a robust and high-speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using a novel linear polarization synthesis based on optical heterodyne interference between two circularly polarized lights with opposite handedness.The synthesized linear polarization can be rotated in a hopping-free scheme at arbitrary speed determined electronically by the heterodyne frequency between two laser fields.The experimental demonstration of a trapped vaterite particle in water shows that the precisely controlled rotation frequency of 300 Hz can be achieved.The proposed method will find promising applications in optically driven micro-gears,fluidic pumps and rotational micro-rheology.
基金Supported by the Space Science Research Projects in Advance,Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘A Chinese satellite gravity mission called SAGM (Space Advanced Gravity Measurements) is now taken into consideration.To meet its designed requirement,the measurement precision of the laser ranging system used to measure the inter-satellite distance change has to be better than l00nm/Hz1/2 within a broad bandwidth from 0.1mHz to 1Hz.An equal arm heterodyne Mach-Zehnder interferometer has been built on ground to demonstrate the measurement principle of a laser ranging system,which potentially can be used for both SAGM and future GW (gravitational wave) space antennas.Because of the equal arm length,the laser frequency noise has been significantly suppressed in the interferometer.Thus,the sensitivity better than 1nm/Hz1/2 in a frequency range of 0.15 mHz-0.375 Hz has been achieved.The result shows that the proposed methodology has very promising feasibility to meet the requirements of SAGM and of GW space antennas as well.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.61078063)the Harbin Institute of Technology Incubation Program of Major International Science and Technology Cooperation,China (Grant No.HIT.ICRST2010024)
文摘In this paper, we propose a novel method of multi-beam laser heterodyne measurement for micro-impulse. The measurement of the micro-impulse, which is converted into the measurement of the small tuning angle of the torsion pendulum, is realized by considering the interaction between pulse laser and working medium. Based on Doppler effect and heterodyne technology, the information regarding the small tuning angle is loaded to the frequency difference of the multi-beam laser heterodyne signal by the frequency modulation of the oscillating mirror, thereby obtaining many values of the small tuning angle after the multi-beam laser heterodyne signal demodulation simultaneously. Processing these values by weighted-average, the small tuning angle can be obtained accurately and the value of the micro-impulse can eventually be calculated. Using Polyvinylchlorid＋2%C as a working medium, this novel method is used to simulate the value of the micro-impulse by MATLAB which is generated by considering the interaction between the pulse laser and the working medium, the obtained result shows that the relative error of this method is just 0.5%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61177089,61227014,and 60978047)
文摘Phase is one of the most important parameters of electromagnetic waves. It is the phase distribution that determines the propagation, reflection, refraction, focusing, divergence, and coupling features of light, and further affects the intensity distribution. In recent years, the designs of surface plasmon polariton （SPP） devices have mostly been based on the phase modulation and manipulation. Here we demonstrate a phase sensitive multi-parameter heterodyne scanning near-field opti- cal microscope （SNOM） with an aperture probe in the visible range, with which the near field optical phase and amplitude distributions can be simultaneously obtained. A novel architecture combining a spatial optical path and a fiber optical path is employed for stability and flexibility. Two kinds of typical nano-photonic devices are tested with the system. With the phase-sensitive SNOM, the phase and amplitude distributions of any nano-optical field and localized field generated with any SPP nano-structures and irregular phase modulation surfaces can be investigated. The phase distribution and the interference pattern will help us to gain a better understanding of how light interacts with SPP structures and how SPP waves generate, localize, convert, and propagate on an SPP surface. This will be a significant guidance on SPP nano-structure design and optimization.
文摘Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing is an optical method based on evanescent wave.SPR biosensor can detect interaction of label-free biomolecules in real-time.With further development,it can become a research instrument in proteomics.SPR biosensor can be divided intensity measurement and phase measurement,and the latter possesses higher sensitivity than the former one.This paper attempts to summarize the SPR phase detection theory,discuss the major developments,compare the merits and deficiencies of various methods,and look forward to future prospects.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘Photoacoustic signals generated by nonradiative processes of photo-initiated chemical reactions in solutions have been detected by a laser heterodyne interierometer witli high sensitivity and wide band.This technique can accurately carry out the time-resolved measurement of transient processes in nanosecond scale.The experimental results and theoretical calculations for probing some fast chemicol reactions are described.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41175037)
文摘To reduce the error from measurement and retrieval process, a new technology of spatial heterodyne spectroscopy is proposed. The principle of this technology and the instrument spatial het- erodyne spectrometer （SHS） are introduced. The first application of this technology will be for CO2 measurements from space on a high spectral observation satellite. The outstanding measurement principle and the priority of combination of retrieval algorithm and three channels （ O2 A-band, CO2 1.58 μm and 2.06 μm bands） are theoretically analyzed and numerically simulated. Experiments u- sing SHS prototype with low spectral resolution of 0. 4 cm -1are carried out for preliminary valida- tion. The measurements show clear CO2 absorption lines and follow the expected signature with the- ory spectrum, and the retrievals agreed well with GOSAT CO2 products, except a small bias of about 4 × 10 ^-6. The results show that the ability of spatial heterodyne spectroscopy for CO2 detecting is ob- vious, and SHS is a competent sensor.
